Re: database market share 2003

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:02:43 +1000
Message-ID: <40c9833c$0$1582$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Mark A allegedly said,on my timestamp of 11/06/2004 3:02 PM:

> You make it sound like IBM has the power of the mafia. I don't think so.

I very much think so, having been on the receiving end of their sales techniques for a looooooong time....

> Actually, a surprising number of companies have purchased Oracle for OS/390.
> Oracle gave me 5 references in the Fortune top 25 companies in the US. I
> checked all 5 out, and all 5 purchased it, but not one was using it for a
> production system.

That to me spells one thing and one thing only: there is a surprising number of companies that are looking at ANY way of becoming LESS dependent on IBM. I wonder why...
Unfortunately, there are very few people left around that know exactly how to take advantage of that.

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Nuno Souto
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Received on Fri Jun 11 2004 - 05:02:43 CDT